Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Lamentations 3:34)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:34:

Kupsabiny: “God knows
when all the prisoners in the land are oppressed,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Newari: “All the prisoners in the land are trampled underfoot,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “The Most High God does- not -want to mistreat-the/be-cruel-to prisoners or [to] neglect the rights of a man.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “If people mistreat all the prisoners/crush all the prisoners under their feet” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:35:

Kupsabiny: “and he knows also
when truth is denied them in front of the Raised One.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Newari: “people’s rights are snatched away in front of the God Most High,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “The Most High God does- not -want to mistreat-the/be-cruel-to prisoners or [to] neglect the rights of a man.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “or if they rebel against God
by refusing to give to people the things that it is right for them to receive,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:36:

Kupsabiny: “When a person is refused to be given justice,
Does God not see such things?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Newari: “injustice is done to a person —
does not the Lord notice such things?” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “The Lord does- not -want that justice not be-given to anyone. He saw all these things.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “or if they cause judges to decide matters unjustly,
does Yahweh not see all those things?/Yahweh certainly sees all those things!” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:37:

Kupsabiny: “Who can say something and it happens
if God has not accepted/allowed it?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Newari: “Until the Lord gives the order,
what someone said will not be fulfilled.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “There is nothing that will-happen without the permission/approval of the Lord.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “No one can command something to happen and then cause it to happen
if Yahweh has not already decided that it should happen.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:38:

Kupsabiny: “God is able to do go things to people,
or throw bad things to people.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Newari: “Does not Most High God command
both good things and disaster?” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “(Is it) not the Most High God the one who wills if a bad or good thing will-happen?” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “God in heaven is the one who causes disasters to happen,
and he also causes good things to happen.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:39:

Kupsabiny: “Why should a person complain
when he is punished for his sin?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Newari: “Why do mortal men complain when they
are punished for their sin?” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “Why are we (incl.) complaining if we (incl.) are-punished because of our (incl.) sins?” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “So it is certainly not right for us, who are only humans, to complain
when he punishes us for the sins that we have committed.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:40:

Kupsabiny: “Let us examine our lives
and draw back to where God is.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Newari: “Let us examine our habits carefully.
And let us return to the LORD.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “We (incl.) should examine our (incl.) ways and return to the LORD.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “Instead, we should examine/think carefully about our behavior;
we should turn back to Yahweh.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:41:

Kupsabiny: “Let us pray with one stomach (wholeheartedly)
crying out to God who is up/in heaven saying,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Newari: “Let us turn our hearts and lift our hands
to the God who lives in heaven and say this-” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “Let- us (incl.) -open our (incl.) hearts and lift-up our (incl.) hands to God in heaven and say,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “We should pray sincerely and lift up our arms
toward God in heaven, and say,” (Source: Translation for Translators)